Tag: Blogs
Diversity quotas: would they be legal, would they make a difference?
Breaking the dominance of the MAWM (middle-aged white man) is even harder than some campaigning groups realise, says Judge John Hack
The Citizenship Foundation is developing a very cool legal education app — and it needs law student and lawyer writers
Help charity create legal plotlines to engage young people with the law
New Tumblr names and shames media outlets which misuse gavels
A blogger on a leading social media site has joined Legal Cheek’s crusade against the misuse of little wooden hammer imagery -- but is it a losing battle?
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You're nicked
Review: Ex-Slaughter and May lawyer very nearly got fired in first episode of The Apprentice
An anonymous law student reviews the performances of the two solicitors on last night's series ten opener
Why Amal Clooney is making a mistake by assuming her actor husband’s surname
Just think of how absurd it would be if Clooney called himself George Alamuddin
The language of the legal directory: decoded — 2014 edition
Wigapedia returns to make his annual translation of the Legal 500
11 amusing Court News UK tweets — illustrated
Visualising the reportage of must-follow Twitter account @CourtNewsUK
In defence of ‘avizandum’: the most magical sounding legal phrase of them all
Solicitors hit back after Scots law phrase is branded “Harry Potter” language
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Lawyers slog it out in ping pong head-to-head
9 reasons why ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’ has the best LinkedIn CV of any lawyer ever
There may be confusion about the right of solicitor-advocate Alan Blacker to call himself ‘Lord Harley of Counsel’. But the man is the undisputed Lord of LinkedIn
Will vlawging catch on?
Some students are making decent money out of vlogging, so why are only a handful of wannabe lawyers dabbling in the medium?
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What price justice?
The unlucky law firm which went from sharing name with Holocaust denier to sharing name with terrorist group
David M Irving Solicitors may be rueing its 2007 ‘Isis Legal’ rebrand
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Happy Yorkshire Day!
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Can a tattoo be legally binding?
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Judging by these posters spotted in east London yesterday, the concept of “hipster law” — as celebrated by a recent Twitter hashtag frenzy — may actually exist.
A reading from the Book of Mitchell
Wigapedia draws upon Biblical inspiration to follow the twists and turns of the Jackson reforms
9 things not to do in a pupillage interview (if you’re an interviewer)
An anonymous bar wannabe draws on his recent pupillage interview experience to deliver some lessons to chambers.
Networking: it’s crucial for law students — and you might pull
Aspiring barrister Amy Woolfson shares the wisdom she has gleaned while honing her networking skills at law events
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Intellectual property infringin'